High School Roundup: Newport nearly reaches Dave Mohs final

Newport Harbor High (8-2) nearly reached the final, but lost to Edison in the semifinals, 16-25, 30-28, 15-10, Saturday at Edison.

Edison will play Los Alamitos in the final Monday at 7 p.m. at Edison.

Cinnamon Sary and Alex Holbrook (five blocks) had nine kills each against Edison. Claire Castillo had seven kills and Kasey Thompson (three blocks) had six kills, while Torey Thompson had 32 assists and three blocks and Tatum Norton had six digs.

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Kasey Thompson had eight kills and four aces in the Sailors' 25-10, 25-21 quarterfinal win over Mater Dei at Edison. Sary (six digs) and Holbrook had five kills each. Torey Thompson had 21 assists.

Kasey Thompson had 10 kills to help Newport to a 20-25, 25-20, 15-10 win over Palos Verdes to open bracket play at Edison. Torey Thompson had 30 assists and Sary had eight kills, while Castillo and Holbrook had six kills each. Norton had eight digs.

The Sailors opened with a 25-7, 24-26, 15-12 win over Harvard-Westlake to end pool play at Newport Harbor Saturday morning. Kasey Thompson had 11 kills, Holbrook and Caroline Bockrath had seven kills each and Torey Thompson had 24 assists.